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Blazer EV price cut, Dodge electric muscle, Rivian R2 and R3: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

At its own theater in Laguna Beach, California, the company presented the expected Rivian R2 electric SUV , a smaller sibling to the R1S that will start at $45,000, deliver more than 300 miles of range in most of its forms, and be comparable to the Tesla Model Y in overall footprint.

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Driving the EV News

Electric Auto Association

Acura, Lucid, Honda, Lincoln, and more. Acura EV SUV. Acura Precision The first EV SUV from Honda’s Acura division is set for 2024. Honda Prologue EV. Honda Beefing up the supply chain The Japanese company announced a joint venture with Korean battery giant LG to build a US battery factory for EVs.

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Kelly Blue Book: EV prices increased slightly in March, bucking general downward trend

Green Car Congress

Most non-luxury brands—including Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan and Volkswagen—saw ATP declines between 0.2% Honda and Kia showed the most price strength in the non-luxury market, transacting between 3% and 6% over sticker price in March. month over month in March. and 1.6%.

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Kelley Blue Book finds average EV price in US down 5.4% in January due to Tesla price cuts

Green Car Congress

The most affordable vehicles—compact cars, compact SUVs and subcompact cars— had incentives between 3% to 4%, which is above industry average. The majority of non-luxury brands—including Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Honda, Kia, Mazda, and Subaru—all saw ATP declines between 0.3%

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Consumer Reports finds Honda Accord hybrid fuel economy “impressive”, but short of EPA 47 mpg rating

Green Car Congress

Consumer Reports fuel economy tests found the Honda Accord Hybrid delivered impressive overall fuel-economy of 40 mpg (5.88 l/100 km), tying the smaller Honda Civic Hybrid and falling below the top-performing and smaller Toyota Prius hatchback by only 4 mpg.

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Report: Vehicle Supplies Are Climbing Back Up

The Truth About Cars

Many marquees seem to have a surplus of larger vehicles (mainly SUVs and full-size pickups) that have been loaded up with features and carry sizable sums on the window sticker. Perhaps due to an over-reliance on SUVs and large pickups, domestic brands tended to have the fullest dealerships.

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NHTSA announces follow-up recall of 2.12 million cars and SUVs over TRW airbag defects

Green Car Congress

million Acura, Dodge, Jeep, Honda, Pontiac, and Toyota vehicles from model years 2002 to 2004 for a defect that may cause airbags to deploy inadvertently. US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today the recall of more than 2.12 —Secretary Foxx.

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